(Unit "Get about!". Topics: travelling; cinema)
Dear 9B and 9C students:
A. Listening:
1. Watch the video (an excerpt of the film Red Dog) and listen to the song. Enjoy it and recall an important moment of the film!
2. Click on the picture (lyrics) below. Copy and paste it into a Word file. Print it. Try to fill in the blanks while listening to the song again. Click on the second YouTube frame to listen to the original song. Check the correct answers at the end of this post.
3. Only 3 of the sentences below are correct. Select them.
a) The singer was looking for a change in his life.
b) He doesn't pay any rent because he owns a house.
c) The weather in the west is very dry.
d) Life isn't very hard.
e) He wants to stay there.
B. Language work
1. These two lines show the use of colloquial informal English:
You don't need no money.
And I'm never gonna leave.
How would you say them in standard English?
2. Some useful vocabulary:
* brand-new (adj.): completely new; unused
e.g. He headed west for a brand-new life; I've got a brand-new friend; They bought a brand-new car.
* At last (idiom): finally; after a long wait
e.g. At last I get the feeling that I'm really alive; The train arrived at last; At last the hostages were released.
* brand-new (adj.): completely new; unused
e.g. He headed west for a brand-new life; I've got a brand-new friend; They bought a brand-new car.
* At last (idiom): finally; after a long wait
e.g. At last I get the feeling that I'm really alive; The train arrived at last; At last the hostages were released.
* make some change (informal English): make some money; earn some money.
C. Writing
1. You've seen the film. We've worked on it. It's difficult not to believe dogs can't think or don't have any feelings, don't you think? So, I challenge you to comment:
What is Red Dog thinking while he is leaving the bar and looks back at his friends?
Start like this: I think...; In my opinion...; I'd like to believe...; I'm almost sure...
ENGLISH is FUN!
Answers:
A.2. change, quit, left, away, pay, cheap, night, fight, tough, leave.
A.3. a), c), e).
B.1. You don't need any money; And I'm never going to leave.
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